Pruning My Tiny Bonsai, The Bonsai Zone, July 2023

[@tacobonsai]

that dwarf hinoki cypress is so great.

[@shirleycirio6897]

Bob Ross of Bonsai. 😊

[@patsfreund9164]

Nigel, Really enjoyed watching your work on these miniature plants. You're so inspiring!

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Many thanks!!!

[@rman8028]

Early! Good morning everyone!

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Morning!

[@Ishtwan3]

Thanks again Nigel :D keep em coming.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thanks, will do!

[@suzynolanart]

I love all your tiny bonsai, especially that you have such a variety of really wonderful pots for them. I learn a lot from your videos

[@Steves_Backyard_Bonsai]

I love these. I can tell how much fun this is for you!

[@OlliSyrjakari]

One-hour video about these tiny bonsais. Love it!

[@DavesBonsai]

Mini and magnificent!

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thanks Dave!!!!

[@judgetoogood1033]

Awesome

[@tinjoesstation]

Oh man those mini turntables are sweet!!

[@TheBonsaiZone]

They are!

[@michaelmason4206]

I love your miniature jades and PA’s. I’ll be looking forward to succulent Sundays when you show these again.

[@pennyduncan5980]

Thx you

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thank you too!!!

[@KurisuBonsai]

Mini Bonsai are the best!

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Yes they are!

[@hyperionhelios190]

Really enjoyed this one thanks Nigel.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Glad you enjoyed it Kale!!!

[@gemcutterguy6437]

super interesting video, I love working on the tiny ones!

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Me too!

[@t3dwards13]

What a fun pruning adventure!!! You did however, forget the massive carnage shot. Lol

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

There is something really magical and enchanting about these super tiny plants. 😊

[@TheBonsaiZone]

I totally agree!

[@Werd2jaH]

Nigel, I really enjoyed your walk through the woods explaining and examining the trees out in nature. Would be really great to have a weekly video of this kind of content. I’d surely learn a lot from them!!

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Great suggestion!

[@zimmy1958]

This was amazing. Thanks.

[@Stettafire]

I've got a few tiny maples I didn't know what to do with, so a very interesting video 😁

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Glad it was helpful!

[@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951]

Great idea using the sand to keep the mini's hydrated. I am glad that the turntables were of some use. You have a great display of mini's, really cool looking trees. Great explanation on the trees you showed. Great video!

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Your turntables are coming in handy Tom!!!! Thanks!

[@hmhmhm998]

Hello Nigel, your video inspired me so much that I went into the living room and cut off a leaf from my jade tree and put it in a very small pot hope it will grow soon and thanks for this nice video👍

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Wonderful!

[@ddhqj2023]

I always wish we could see the plants after they've had a season. A before and after.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

I'll try and do that more!!

[@sarahforbear9978]

I've got a micro gollum as well in a tiny little thimble x they are so cute x

[@FrostBiteBonsai]

Wonderful show Nigel! That dwarf cypress is so old looking! It looks like some of the tall old evergreens along the highway up here! I just can't get over how good that one looks! The whole display trey is wonderful! I found it so fascinating that Peter Chan was so amazed that the leaves on all your Bonsai are so small! That was so cool to watch, what a treat for you! You deserve it!

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thanks Marysol!!!

[@lukasmihara]

The Dwarf-Hinoki / Sekka-Hinoki surely aren't easy to work with, but they can make fantastic trees. Yours is already looking very convincing! I hear Hinoki don't really bud back, so I'm always afraid to cut back anything green that's close to the trunk... This spring I bought one, but so far I just let it grow a bit. I think next year I'll try to give it a bit more shape and try some cuttings, too! Overall, great little collection of tiny trees!

[@kushagra7559]

hi Nigel, Loved the video, you can grow cascade branch more easily by tilting the pot to make the future cascading branch pointing up, it will encourage more growth. cheers

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Cool, thanks!!

[@Liisa3139]

Those little babies are great for the viewer, because their pruning is so quick and you get to see several little trees in one video. I was wondering if Barbie would match in scale the work bench scene?

[@hugolafond5545]

Salut Nigel bientôt tu vas être obligé d'acheter des très petit ciseaux pour tes petit mini bonsaï 😂😂😂ça l'air difficile de couper avec les ciseaux normal haha good job by the way realy Nice work and tree i love them

[@drohnenfabrik]

Now I plan to keep a bunch of cuttings as small, small trees. :)

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Go for it!

[@jballenger9240]

Good Afternoon. Enjoyed watching the pruning of your miniature trees. Didn’t you have a pair of small swan handled sewing scissors? I kept thinking you needed some very sharp small scissors with relatively longer blades. And do you have a preferred way to sharpen your scissors? I cringed a little as you cut the roots and some of the sand grains were also between the blades. Thanks again enjoyed this Lilliputian episode.

[@t3dwards13]

I believe he may have given those to Peter Chan as a gift when he visited.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Yes I did!!

[@Tybold63]

I love your mini bonsai bench and the stones makes a really nice setup. Also love your approach and how you respect and appreciate even the smaller and not so significant bonsai in yer collection. Guess you like me who get attached to each an everyone of my trees and plants much like ppl who love their animals.🪴🌳

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thanks, yes they are my pets!!!

[@bartstellink307]

This is another variety of hinoki then mine. But I have the same issue, it's so tiny... Gotta be careful when pruning. Bought myself some awsome small pots and even made a small stand for one of the pots out of walnut wood.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Awesome Bart!!!

[@urouroniwa]

I'm always curious about these very small bonsai. In Takamatsu (I think... it's been a while since I was there) in Japan there is a full sized tree that's over 400 years old. It was originally the favourite bonsai of the first Shogun Ieyasu (around about 1600). When the Shogun died, in his will he commanded that the tree be released from service and be allowed to grow as it wants. Hence the huge tree in this era. The interesting thing is that it looks like a normal (though ancient) tree. There is absolutely no clue what it looked like as a bonsai. That's obvious, when you think about it. The width of the trunk on the 400 year old tree is many times wider than even the width of the widest branches when it was a bonsai. There is no reason to imagine that any remnant of that shape would persist. What I'm thinking, though, is that's probably also true of tiny bonsai. You could grow a tiny bonsai for years and years and years and then decide to grow it out into a large bonsai. Would anyone be able to recognise it at all? Kind of a weird thought, but it entertains me :-)

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Interesting and true!!

[@Rollan000]

I absolutely love the foliage on that dwarf hinoki cypress. Any idea exactly what species it is?

[@TheBonsaiZone]

I'm not sure, that's all the label said!!

[@yourstruly6548]

Hi Nigel and co! I am looking for some help with my plumeria bonsai and am unsure who to ask/where to go. I started following years ago when Nigel was trying a plumeria and was so sad when it didn't make it in Canada. Mine is I think 4 or so years old now from seed, I've top pruned 4 times and root pruned 2 or 3 but I don't have a front and the shape really leaves a lot to be desired. I'm too scared of killing it to be as aggressive as Nigel. 😅 The leaves have definitely started to miniaturize though! I started trying to bonsai plumeria because my little Sicilian nonna grows them, and as she's getting older, it's getting harder and harder for her to care for big trees. I am at least succeeding in that mine is much smaller and more manageable, but pruning it once a year has meant I haven't had this one bloom at all, which is one of her favorite parts of growing them! I have grown plumeria potted/inside before and had them bloom so it's either the bonsai process or the fact that 2 years ago I moved from Texas to Pennsylvania. Any advice would be welcome! This is my only bonsai, but I love the channel and watching all the updates 💖

[@KathyPerry-ht2mc]

Did you count that little 'lilliput forest the other day when you counted your forests? I really like the miniature trees.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

I forgot that one! Thanks, I have some more mini forests to plant soon!!

[@tanker965]

Can you please do an update on your black willow bonsai?

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Done!!!!

[@tanker965]

@@TheBonsaiZoneTHANK YOU

[@judgetoogood1033]

Nigel, what is the brand of the soap you use and water to soap ratio ? Also what insects does the soap kill. Thank You……😊

[@willmillecchia9377]

Love the video, my mom is a potter and I need her to make some pots the size of these! So cute. I remember you saying that you use no organic matter in your soil, and use fertilizer whenever you water. Do you use the same fertilizer the same amount for all your trees?

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Yes I do!

[@sharicochems6299]

Nigel, does your “sandbox” have holes in the bottom? Or is it a solid tray? Thanks.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

It does have a crack in the bottom that lets water out!

[@justlucky13]

Foist

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Luck, luck and more luck!!

[@ryanodell417]

i really like you tinny collection ❤🪴🤘🏼.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thank you 😁